Fig. 4. The main results from Figs. 2 and 3 were reanalyzed to express each animal’s responding as a percentage of the control animals responding in order to account for any between-experiment variability.

This analysis confirmed the results suggested by the raw data presented in Figs. 2 and 3. Inhibition of the aRSC during training trials reduced later freezing to the CS while leaving freezing to the context unaffected (A), but inhibition during the ITI had no impact (B). When the pRSC was inhibited during training trials (C), later freezing to the CS was not impacted but freezing to the training context was reduced. Inhibition of activity during the ITI did not impact later performance did not impact freezing to either the CS or the Context (D).